"Wooo..." After the vicious ghost finished speaking, it opened its mouth, and a dragon-shaped hurricane plunged from the heights into the river. "Wooo, wooo..." Heart-rending cries rose from the river as countless wandering souls with severed limbs were sucked from the waters, struggling as they fell into the vicious ghost's mouth.
"Hmph..." The vicious ghost still seemed unable to vent its fury. With a cold snort, a gigantic fist bulged from before its chest and struck the mountain beside the river with a boom. A mountain peak spanning several hundred li was smashed apart. Layer upon layer of Nether Fruits tumbled from the peak, while crystal-clear Soul Beads shattered into pieces. The soul threads within the Soul Beads rushed into the air and transformed once more into malformed wandering souls, drifting in all directions. Some sank into the river, some flew into the sky, and some vanished altogether.
Having vented its anger, the judge's figure gradually shrank. Its vicious ghost form turned back into black mist, rumbling as it rolled toward a place within the palace complex.
Poor Xiao Hua. He had thought that by impersonating Duanmu Liangsheng, he could pin the destruction of the Underworld Judge's avatar on someone else. What he had not expected was that the Underworld Judge was, after all, the Underworld Judge. It had countless means of finding him. Who knew when this official of the Underworld would strike at Xiao Hua?
Xiao Hua had no time to concern himself with what might happen in the future. Right now, he was quite interested in playing matchmaker. After leaving Zhu Family Manor in Wuyuan County, Xiao Hua immediately encountered the Xuzhou Ding. After collecting it, he promptly concealed himself and flew toward the North Sea, frowning as he considered what Zhu Cheng had said. Yet after